Dennis Osoro

Experienced Civil Engineering Specialist with strong practical and technical skills within project management, field construction and facilities management. Having sound knowledge of design, build, operate, and maintain construction projects and systems in the public and private sector, including oil and gas facilities, buildings, roads, airports, systems for water supply and sewage treatment. Skilled in a number of design tools including, AutoCAD, ArchiCAD, Sketchup, Google Earth, Primavera and MS Projects.

December 2018 – December 2022

Duties and Responsibilities

• Planning, developing, and initiating projects while ensuring technical feasibility
• Manage and control budgets and ensure resources availability, allocation & distribution 
• Preparation of project documents including technical designs, drawings, SOWs, BOQs and other cost estimates, task planning sheets and project schedules. 
• Facilitate and support tendering, contracting, payment and controlling processes for engineering projects in collaboration with procurement and logistics unit (PLU) and Finance and Budgets Unit (FBU)
• Effectively coordinate with stakeholders for the flawless execution of engineering projects 
• Preparation of technical engineering reports, including progress, defects, and completion reports.   
• Supervision of local engineers and contractor works, quality and quantities as per SOW. Reviewing and measuring works for interim payment certificates (IPC) recommendation. 
• Conducting technical inspection and assessment of facilities in AoR and offering maintenance of the same 
• Supervise and follow up constructions to ensure timely, cost effective and quality delivery of the works.
• Working with local community and implementing partners (IPs) on quick impact projects (QIPs) & community violence reduction (CVR) projects.

Project Engineer | Hashi Energy Ltd | UN Project (DRC) 

April 2016 – November 2018

Duties and Responsibilities

• Design and supervise construction of fuel depots in accordance to API standards.
• Design and supervise construction of food warehouses and prefab accommodations. 
• Field construction, erection of structures, tanks, piping and installation of equipment.
• Civil engineering works (levelling, excavation & backfilling, compaction, concrete works & others) 
• Monitoring Occupational Health & Safety requirements and ensuring compliance to the governing legislation and guidelines specific to the project.
• Measuring and monitoring quality of materials and workmanship.
• Planning, scheduling and defining target date requirements for the team, monitor and report on same.
• Coordination at site with project teams, including clients, consultants, contractors, service providers and suppliers.
• Manage, monitor and report progress of works against an approved baseline programme. 
• General management and identification of risk aspects, and providing mitigating / preventative / remedial solutions. 

Project Engineer | Cluff Geothermal Ltd | Menengai Geothermal project

May 2013 – March 2016

Duties and Responsibilities

• Managing and supervision of drilling operations
• Monitoring daily progress of well operations
• Liaising with specialist’s contractors and suppliers
• Monitoring HSE and ensuring good maintenance of the well
• Carrying out cost analysis and budgeting for drilling operations
• Carrying out Civil engineering works and Materials inspection
• Design and construction of access roads, site pads and drilling cellars.
• Preparation of daily reports on work progress

Assistant Engineer | ANK Construction Limited. 

May 2012 to May 2013

Duties and responsibilities;

• Structural design of residential apartments.
• Use of Engineering software’s i.e. PROKON, MS PROJECT, AUTOCAD and ARCHICAD for analysis and presentation of data.
• Land survey including levelling works using dumpy level and automatic level.
• Setting out, interpretation of drawing and supervision of construction works for proposed learning centre for Technical University of Mombasa (TUM).
• Interpretation of drawing and supervision of construction works for proposed Engineering Workshops and Laboratories for Technical University of Mombasa (TUM).
• Engineering laboratory works.

Civil Engineering Intern | Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited 

May 2011 to September 2011

Duties and responsibilities.

• Civil and structural design of new projects using British Standards.
• Analysis of structures using Prokon, ArchiCAD and AutoCAD. 
• Maintenance and updating of Civil assets inspection register,
• Inspection and supervision of installation of Refractory linings in Furnaces, ducts and boilers.
• Preparation of project documents, scopes of civil works and specifications, plant changes among others.
• Levelling, setting out, drawing and interpretation of drawings and supervision of construction works. 
• Implementation of HSE action plan
• Conducting Safety At Work Audits (S.A.W.A)
• Inspection and supervision of bituminous works.

Catholic University of Eastern Africa

MBA in Project Management 

March 2020 - Present

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

BSc in Civil and Structural Engineering, 

Second class honours 

August 2008- May 2013

Koelel High School: 

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (B plus)

January 2004 – November 2007